This page is meant to offer you documents and advice so that your experience with the Fish Watch Forum can be easier and richer.
It will be progressively completed with the help and involvement of FWF team volunteers.

Presently available:• Geographic areas and their boundaries
• What criteria to identify a fish?
• Some problems when sending a record?
• Processing your photos: need some help?

Geographic areas and their boundaries

The boundaries of the geographic marine areas used in the Fish Watch Forum are consistent with official international limits although they may differ marginally.
To download our general map of geographic marine areas (PDF - 3.4 Mb), please click here.

You know that fish! Or maybe you have never seen it before... But how do you know that? Through the unconscious synthesis of an array of indices…
You need to find out what these indices are, and how to select and describe them.
More information in our ID criteria guide (PDF - 1 Mb).
And of course, you may also use our Identification tool (left menu).

Some problems when sending a record?

Our validation team have gathered these (few) instructions and advice to help you fill up our submission form.
Download the Submission Form Guideline (PDF - 600 Kb).

Processing your photos: need some help?

Digital photo processing is not easy if you are not familiar with the available tools.
A member of the Fish Watch Forum team decided to teach you how to do that (in French, sorry) with an open-source software, Irfanview.
Download our “tutoriel de retouche photo” (PDF – 1.2 Mb).

Seahorses and pipefishes

All the information concerning these programs is in French. Please check the French version of this website for detailed information. You may also look at the Peau-Bleue association website.

Fish Watch Forum 2017 appraisal: the poster

You would like to know what has been achieved by the Fish Watch Forum since its beginning? Have a look at our 2017 poster (3.2 MB, in French, sorry!).